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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. YOUNG, OFDARTMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA.

SWING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,872, dated January 16, 18S3. Application filed November 7, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES W. YOUNG, of Dartmouth, in the county of Halifax, Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, have invented a new and Improved Swing, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved swing, which can be erected which is especially adapted 'for the nursery; and to this end my invention consistsin the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafterfully described, and pointed out Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. y

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved swing, showing it erected. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the same, showingit folded. Fig; 3 is alongitudinal elevation of my improved hinged brace, showing it partly folded. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal elevation of the same, showing it extended.

Two oblong frames, A and B, are hinged to each other at their upper ends in such a manner that they can be rfolded against each other. The frame A is provided atits upper end with a cross-bar, C, to the lower edge of which two loops or eyes, D, are secured for receiving the snap-hooks E, attached to the upper ends of cords or ropes F, which hold the basket G. The upper ends of the side bars of the frame B are provided with notches H, into which the end parts of the crossbar C pass when the swing-frames are erected. Abrace-hooku rod7 J, is pivoted to each side bar of the frame A, and when the frames are erected the hook ends of the said rods J are passed into loops or eyes K on the side bars of the-frame B.

When the swing-frames are folded the hook ends of the rods J are passed into loops or eyes L on the side bars of the frame A.

The above-described swing can be erected 0r taken down very easily and rapidly by adults 0r children. It can be transported very easily,v

pivoted ends. The bar O is provided with a recess, o, in its upper edge, and the other bar,

P, is provided with a laterally-projecting lug, p, which tits into the recesso. Wh en the brace is extended the lug p projects into the recess o a-nd prevents the brace from beingr folded downward, and thus holds the said brace in position. The brace can be folded upward when the frames A B are folded together.

`Having thus described my-invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a swing, the combination, with the frame A, provided with the cross-bar C at its upper end, of the frame B, hinged to the frame A, and provided with notches H on their ends to receive the ends ofthe said cross-bar, and braces M, consisting of the bars O P, pivoted together with overlapping ends, the bar O being provided with a notch, o, to receive the Stopp on the overlapping end of the bar P, substantially as and for the purpose set forth,

CHARLES W. YOUNG. 

